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Pencils Made From The Ashes of the Departed

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Carbon Copies - Pencils Made From The Ashes of the Departed
Pencils Made From The Ashes of the Departed
 Published: Feb 19, 07
Comments: 2 Views: 3,309

The product design, Carbon Copies, is an idea so profound as to make me ashamed to include it on a site named “Design Crack”. The product is a lifetime supply of pencils where the carbon to produce the pencils is derived from a loved one’s cremation. It’s a memorial for loved ones lost that celebrates the creative act.

The act of writing and drawing with these pencils would be an emotional reflection on the loved one’s life while also being a physical reflection of the last atoms of the person’s body as it covers the paper. The whole act of creation, I feel, would be more inspired just knowing that the carbon making the drawings had a life of its own before the drawing was created. I really wish I had the words to express the importance of this design, and the impact it may have on future death rituals.

References:  nadinejarvis, designcrack

Filed In:  art,  bizarre,  design,  inventions,  pop culture,  tech,  unique








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shat on Mar 15, 07  0 Trends   561 Comments
Cool idea. Write with your loved one til you die.
shat on Mar 15, 07  0 Trends   561 Comments 0
Elle McCoy on Aug 4, 09  0 Trends   35 Comments
Its a tad creepy. I couldn't imagine writing with someones ashes, nor sharpening them.
Elle McCoy on Aug 4, 09  0 Trends   35 Comments 0


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